Wheel



` F. c. FRANK Nov. 27, 1934.

WHEEL Filed Oct. 23, 1929 INVENToR FREDERICK C. FRANK BY 'Q' ATTONEY-Patented Nov. 27,l 1934 l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l, 1,981,953 WHEELFrederick .0. Frank, South Bend, Ind., assigner to Bendix Brake Company,South Bend, Ind., a corporation of Illinois Application october 2s,1929, 'serial No. 402,877

2 claims. (c1. 301-63) This invention relates to wheels and is illulargroove to accommodate a locking ring 34, strated as embodied in a lightbut strong wheel ,which ring ts within a rabbeted portion in intendedfor use as a tail wheel on a very heavy the outer hub portion 32. Hubportion 26' may aeroplane. further 'be provided with a key 36 adapted toAn object of the invention is to make the fit within a keyway in the hubportion 32 to 5 wheel as light and as strong as possible espeobviaterelative rotation of the wheel parts. cially by adapting the structurefor the use of Rim portion 28 of the wheel part 12 is prefduralumin.Preferably the wheel is made in erably slotted to accommodate the tire'valve two parts, each part comprising a disk body 38 which may beextended axially of the wheel 05 portion with hub and rim portionsintegrally and through an opening in the disk `body part l0 securedthereto and which latter portions are 30. adapted to telescope withinone another. The To effect the assembly, the tire with its dehub portionof one of the aforementioned wheel flated tube is positioned on the rimportion parts extends throughout the entire width of the 2,8 of thewheel part 12, which is then moved wheel, the hub portion of the otherpart being axially to telescope within the Wheel part 10 15 l sleevedthereover. at its rim flange 14, the part 12 being moved According toone important feature of-l my laterally to a suflicient degree to exposethe invention, the two partsof the wheel are deannular'groove in the hubpart 26. The locktachably secured together by a novel vlocking ing ring34 is then assembled in place and the structure at the hub-portions ofthe parts. I tire inflated, the expansion of the same serving 20 prefer'to provide the wider of the hub parts to move the wheel part 12laterally into abutwith an annular groove in its outer end, which mentwith the locking ring. Relative lateral Y groove is adaptedA to receivea locking ring in movement in one direction is thus obviated by abuttingengagement with a shouldered portion the ring and relativecircumferential moveon the outer hub part. ment is .obviated by the key36. 25

Other objects and features of the invention, -While one embodiment of myinvention has including various novel and desirable particular beendescribed in detail, it is not my intenconstructions, will be apparentfrom the foltion to limit 'the scope of the invention to that lowingdescription of an illustrated embodiment particular embodiment orotherwise than by the of the invention shown in the accompanying termsof the appended claims. 30 figure of the drawing disclosing a verticalsec- I claim: tion through my novel wheel. 1. A wheel comprising atwo-part rigid cast- In the preferred embodiment, as disclosed, ing, onepart including a hub having a radial there are provided wheel parts 10and 12 prefflange on one end thereof supporting a rela- 90 erably formedas castings of duralumin to tively narrow rim portion for the receptionof -35 render the wheel as light as possible for the l one bead of atire on the outside, said flange purpose intended. Part 10 comprises a.laterally having a radius less than the axial length of extending rimflange 14 and a tire bead flange said hub, and another part including anannu- 16, which flanges at their junction are exlar membersleeved on theother end of the y tended inwardly to provide an outwardly dished hubhaving a radial flange supporting a rela- 4o disk body portion 18extended -laterally outtively wide rim portion for supporting the otheri wardly. at 20 and` diagonally inwardly at 22 to bead of the tire andan inner tube carried in provide a bearing housing, thence laterallylthe tire, the wide rim portion being arranged to across the wheel toprovide the hub portion 24, telescope and snugly fit within the narrowrim thence diagonally outwardly and laterally to portion, and means fordetachably securing the 45 form the bearing receiving portion 26. partstogether with said wide rim portion par- The remaining part 12 of thewheel is'protiauy underlying. said nan-ow rim portion A at its pOltOn aange which whereby Said Wheel is rigid Aof when extends beneath the Time'nge 14- The body assembled Without internal stresses. portion 30 ofthe wheel part 12 is dished out- 2, A wheel comprising a two-part rigidcast.. 50 Wldly t0 correspond t0 the dSk'bOdy Dart 18 ing, one partincludingv a hub having a'radial and is thence flanged laterally at 32to provide flange on one end thereof supporting a relatively a hubportion sleeved over the hub portion 26' narrow rim portion for -thereception of one of the remaining wheel part. Hub part 26 is bead of atire on the outside, and another part n.0 preferably Provided at itsedge with an annuincluding an annular member sleeved on the 5.5

porting the other tire bead and an inner tube carried in the tire, thewide rim portion being arranged to telescope and partially underlyingand snugly t radially within the narrowl rim tiony of said parts.

other end of the' hub having a radial flange supporting a relativelywide'rim portion for sup-V FREDERICK. c. FRANK.

